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15th amendment
Race should not play a part in voting. No American should not be denied to vote by race or previous condition of servitude. Southern states often ignored when the government made this national but since they started to get more involved southern states had no choice but to follow. The 15th Amendment gave African Americans the right to vote.
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Guinn v. US
Guinn struck down the grandfather clause to fight for African Americans and to be able to vote without any sort of test given to them, Also because the clause discriminated against blacks and, therefore, violated the Fifteenth Amendment. The statute required voters to pass a reading test. Literacy tests for voting rights to be unconstitutional
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19th Amendment
19th Amendment gave women the right to vote. Before this most women were fighting for the 15th amendment because they thought that the government was gonna let them vote before the African American men they had a racial negation saying "You're gonna let the black man vote but not us women" Later on The government became scared that women don't know about politics and should not be able to vote women protest and that when the 19th amendment was placed.
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McCarran-Walter Act
Made to help Immigration into the United States to have a lighter policy and allow for people of Asian descent to immigrate and become citizens, which had been banned by laws like the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 and Asian Exclusion Act of 1924. everyone into alien ineligible for citizenship.
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24th Amendment
Most southern states created a poll tax to vote this would stop African Americans from voting because they were usually the poor Americans around. This would create a conflict between the government and the states and was later abolished so everyone could vote without paying a tax and give everyone the opportunity to vote. abolished and forbids the federal and state governments from imposing taxes on voters during federal elections. hrlibrary.umn.edu -
26th Amendment
This Amendment gives the legal age to vote at 18 years old. This was fought for because the government was able to send 18-year-olds into the war but they had no say or no vote for their government. So if you can send them over 18-year-olds should have the ability to vote for the government that is sending them over there. So now 18-year-olds are the legal age to vote in the United States.
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Motor Voter Law
This was passed to make things easier when you're ready to register to vote whenever you get your driver's licenses you can fill out a form to register yourself to vote so when you turn 18 to get your new ID card you will register to vote also. https://www.justice.gov/ -
Americans with Disabilities Act
This act supports that there is no discrimination against disabled people and that they should all be given the same opportunities as someone without being disabled like employment, transportation, public accommodations, communications, and access to state and local government programs and services.
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Military and Overseas Empowerment Act
This was passed to ensure members who serve the United States will have the same opportunities as others. Getting a Job Are not disadvantaged in their civilian careers because of their military service; Are promptly re-employed in their civilian jobs upon return from duty Are not discriminated against by employers because of past, present, or future military service. This will ensure we will not be throwing them on the streets when they return. https://osc.gov/ -
Help America Vote Act
This act was passed by giving money to the states to help the system of voting be more reliable to improve the way to vote 195 million dollars was donated to the states to help improve the way of voting in the United States. This will help the Untied states have a new improved and reliable way to vote. https://www.eac.gov/